I Became the Master of the Empress

46 – Episode 46

-Sreuk…

In Debian’s office, the only sound is the sound of fountain pens and paper rubbing against each other.

I don’t want to memorize it.

His brain seems to be overloaded as he tries to remember the words Devian gave him.

Why do I have to memorize things like rights and options?

Anyway, how does Debian, who is only 3 years older than me, know this?

I have a deep understanding of imperial administration.

Judging from his explanations of atoms and thermal conductivity, he is also well-versed in alchemy.

The structure is explained by looking at the blueprint of a distillation device that only craftsmen would know.

I was shocked to learn that he knew words that only traders would know, such as options and interest rates.

Did they all make an effort to know things that would be difficult for an ordinary person to know?

I don’t think that’s the case.

That’s usually something you would learn at an academy.

However, although I heard that Debian graduated from a military academy, I am reminded that he has never attended an academy where he learned academics in depth.

After all, Debian is a genius.

Unless you are a genius, it is impossible to understand so many fields in your early 20s.

And of all things, the greatest thing is.

If you have that kind of talent, you would be lazy and arrogant, but Devian never behaves like that.

Rather, he stays up all night thinking about ways to develop the empire with more diligence and sincerity than anyone else.

When he sees from the sidelines that such a great genius is putting all his effort into building this empire, even at night, his heart is touched.

Debian says that the reason the emperor and the grand duke exist is for the people of the empire, and practices noblesse oblige with all his heart.

Every time I see him, I feel motivated to work harder.

No… Wait a minute.

I originally didn’t mean to think like this. I tried to catch the scene of the affair and push Debian into action, but why did it end up like this?

I glance at Debian, who is writing something down with an expressionless face.

I get angry inside when I see him silently doing what he wants to do, whether I see it or not, as if all his attention is focused on the paper.

I only know work like that. Is he really that kind of person? Maybe I’m thinking wrong?

Suddenly a thought like that comes to mind, but I don’t know it yet.

You can’t be at ease until you know the scene for sure.

“Why do you keep looking at me? “What do you have to say?”

When Debian put down the document and spoke, I was surprised and answered.

“Oh… Isn’t it?”

As he says that, he begins to memorize economic terms.

Why… I feel like I’m getting more handsome day by day?

Such thoughts pop into my head, but I quickly shake them off and focus on studying.

What if… I can’t memorize a lot and there’s nothing more damaging to my pride than Debian thinking I’m a fool.

***

After solving all the test questions given by Debian.

He nods and says.

“You worked harder than I thought. “It must have been an unfamiliar concept.”

“Really… it’s even more amazing that you know this.”

I didn’t learn kingship or governance, but…

Does it make sense for one person to know so many different fields?

I heard that academy professors only know one field.

“It’s no big deal. “I just found out by doing this and that.”

I say this as Debian puts the exam paper in the desk drawer.

“Then I’ll just leave.”

“Okay, good job.”

So, he leaves Debien’s office and heads to his mother’s room.

“Mother Empress Dowager! Her Majesty the Emperor has arrived.”

– Come on in.

After receiving permission from her mother, he sees her door open and goes into her room.

“You came early today?”

I sigh and say in my mother’s kind voice.

“Mother. “Your eldest brother went to Changgwan a long time ago, right?”

My mother is startled and surprised by my words.

“It was like that…?, Well… But why was that?”

Did he not expect me to say something like this?

I have no doubt that I trust Debian, but since it is something that happens just in case, I am careful to talk to my mother.

My mother has lived a longer life than me and has a reputation in my country for being wise, so I think she knows me well.

“Do men usually go to places like that?”

My mother’s face at my words.

I feel like the blood vessels on my forehead are becoming more prominent today.

“Isn’t it true that Debian… Doesn’t go to places like that?”

Let me sigh and tell you what happened last night…

“No way is he! How dare you go to a place like that, leaving my beautiful daughter alone?! Bring Debian now! “Just leave this guy alone!”

I tried to calm down my mother who was very angry.

“Mom, wait a minute.”

“What is a moment? As a newlywed, you go to a place like that?!”

Did you say that normally gentle people get more scary when they get angry?

I say this while looking at my mother who is very angry right now.

“If I call you that for no reason now, will you say no?”

My mother answers my words by shouting loudly.

“Try to lie. If a grown man leaves the imperial palace at night without making a sound, do you think he would have anything else to do other than that? “Try to lie, I’m fooling you.”

I shake my head and say this as I look at my mother snorting while saying that.

“How thorough is Mother Debian? I’m sure she’s lying one way or another. So next time she goes out, I’ll catch her on the spot so she can’t lie, so don’t be so angry.”

My mother said with a strange expression on my face.

“But how are you so calm?”

It’s as if my mother doesn’t understand how calm I am when I should be the most angry.

I say, pushing the ends of my hair behind my shoulder as if it’s nothing special.

“That’s because even if we capture him, we’ll make him so he can’t be beaten, and we’ll tie his limbs so he can never leave the palace again.”

How dare you make me do all the hard work and then just go to work as a merchant?

From now on, I will not let you go outside the palace and will lock you in your room all day so that you can only look at me… No, I will make you work.

When I think like this.

-Finch.

My mother says, her body gently shaking at my words.

“Teraya… you… tying up your limbs… that’s a bit heinous…”

“No, that’s not enough.”

Of course it is not enough. No matter how genius he is and how hard he works, I don’t think it’s enough to give him back what he did for me.

He’s a genius… I’m not.

Plus, a topic that doesn’t even touch my body… Do you go to Changgwan? You better put your hands on my body, you damn thing.

My mother trembles slightly at my firm answer.

“So… So? “I was just trying to warn you…”

“On the contrary, it is weak. “If we tie up his limbs and prevent him from leaving the palace again, Devian will reflect on his actions.”

I have no intention of seeing this as a warning.

He goes around saying he really loves me, and the punishment for secretly going to such places is heavy.

“But… What are you going to do with it tied up?”

I could only smile at my mother’s trembling words.

***

Eurydice.

She, the biological mother of the emperor, Theodora Augusta, and the princess of this country, Joy Augusta, and the wife of the late emperor, sighs alone in her room.

“Phew… I wasn’t that kind of kid to begin with.”

She was honestly angry at Theodora’s words a little while ago.

Debian was the enemy’s son, but he recognized him as his son-in-law and maintained a good relationship with him.

He was not satisfied with being the daughter of a woman who was famous for being beautiful, so he went to court.

How disrespectful is this to Theodora?

Her anger rose to the top of her head at his degrading behavior.

No… I can’t be satisfied. You two haven’t even had your first night together yet.

Eurydice forced Devian to sleep with Theodora.

The next day, the maids checked the bedroom and there were no traces of an affair.

‘Could it be… That my son-in-law was a eunuch?’

Devian’s actions feel very unfamiliar to Eurydice, who is quite old.

It is normal for a man at that age to be anxious to do something when he sees a pretty woman.

However, Devian did not spend the first night with Eurydice’s beautiful daughter.

It was obvious that Terra would get hurt.

So she fell into despair, thinking that Devian was a eunuch.

‘But you don’t even touch my daughter and she goes to a barracks…’

What kind of contradiction is this? Eurydice thinks that it would be a thousand times more right to sleep with Theodora.

So, Eurydice cannot tolerate Devian’s affair.

So, I was about to call Devian directly and scold him, but after hearing Theodora’s words, my thoughts changed a little… No, a lot.

-If you catch them on the spot… They will tie your limbs so you can never leave the palace again…

Her daughter was not that kind of child.

Eurydice feels unfamiliar with her daughter saying things that are difficult to imagine.

‘What on earth is she trying to do by tying up her husband’s limbs?’

Eurydice, who felt her mind going into a daze at the words of her ferocious daughter, asked in a trembling voice.

“But… What are you going to do after tying it up…”

She felt scared of her daughter who did not respond to her words but smiled softly.

‘I’m scared… Was my home education the problem?’

As Eurydice is quite old, I know that quite a few noble men attend the Changgwan.

But if her husband went to such a place, she would have a fight.

She had never once in her life even thought about tying her limbs.

Why tie up her beloved husband in the first place?

‘Tying her husband… That’s the only way, right?’

In the past, when an envoy came from a neighboring country. Several books were presented to me.

In one of the books I read, there was a scene where she tied up her man and woman and beat her buttocks with a whip.

At the time, I thought it was a very dirty and perverted idea.

The fact that her own daughter had such tastes made it a little understandable for Debian to run away to Changguan.

‘Who wants to break up her first relationship and beat her ass…’

She probably got scared and ran away.

‘I’m sure… Terra decided to do that first, right?’

Eurydice thinks she must have taken out her whip and rope on the first night.

So, considering her son-in-law who had not even come into her room after that, Eurydice guessed that was true.

When Devian discovers the secret of her avoiding sleeping with Theodora, she feels dizzy, as if someone has hit her on the head with a hammer.

“No, she’s a virgin and she knows that for no reason… Sigh…”

Eurydice begins to feel dizzy.

All her life, she thought she had done a good job educating her children, but now, at this moment, she realizes that she was wrong.

“Honey… No matter how much I think about it, I think I did something wrong with my child’s education. Phew…”

As she complained, she could only sigh.

Eurydice feels greatly sorry for her husband and her son-in-law following her today.